THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. PORTLAND. FEBRUARY 13, 1910.
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ON TRIAL TUESDAY
Conspiracy Cases Most Im
portant on Docket for
Present Year.
TRIO ACQUITTED ONCE
'CoTernment This Time Will Attempt
to Prove Agreement Existed Be
tween Defendants and Entry
men Previous to Entrance.
BOISE. Idaho. P"eb. 12. (Special.) In
point of importance the trial of William
J. Kettenbach. Messrs. Dwyer and Kes
ter. of Lewiston, on the charge of feloni
ously conspiring to defraud the Govern
ment out of valuable timber lands lo
cated along the Clearwater River in JCez
Perce County, is one of the most promi
nent upon the criminal calendar of the
irnited States Circuit Court for the dis
trict of Idaho to be tried during the pres
ent year.
Trial date has been set for Tuesday
before Judge Frank S. Dietrich- in the
chambers in this city. The result will be
watched with interest ill every section of
this state, especially that of the north,
from which the criminal cases originated.
Vigorous Opposition Expected.
That the defendants wilt meet ths
charge of the CJovernment with vigorous
opposition was indicated this week
throtigli the installation of their elabor
ate legal headquarters, apart from the
Federal building, where some of the most
prominent attorneys in the state are con
gregated preparing the case to be ' pre
sented in behalf of the three accused men.
Kettenbach, Kester and Dwyer are ex
pected in Boise Monday.
The defendants will be tried on two of
the counts in one of the eight indictments
returned against them. All of the indict
ments are alike as to the general charge
but constitute separate land entries. It
1s stated here that if they are found not
guilty of these two counts, the balance
of the indictments pending against them
will be dismissed by the Government and
the prosecution of these famous timber
fraud cases dropped.
The trial Indictment originally contained
five counts. It was, together with the
other seven Indictments, returned during
the years 190.VO6. The Government went
to trial on the one indictment at that
time. A .1ury acquitted the defendants on
threo of the counts and held them on
tn o.
Appeal was tsken to the United States
Circuit Court of Appeals and the two
counts were remanded back to the lower
court for retrial. The Government al
lowed the case to remain dormant up to
last Fall.
Indictments Held Sufficient.
Demurrers to the complaint and other
legal technicalities were raised by the
defense, but the court held the- indict
ment sufficient for trial. Alleging that
fitrong prejudice exists In Nez Perce
and other northern counties against the
defendants and that political spoil has
been made out of the indictments re
turned against them, while the news
papers had attempted to foster i 11
feelintr against -those accused, counsel
for the defendants petitionedv for a
change of venue from Moscow to
Boiso. f
The Government raised no objection
to the petition. Judge Dietrich granted
the transfer of the trial to this city
and set January 20 as the date for
counsel ' for the Government to inform
the defendants on what indictment they
would be tried. This was subsequently
done.
There are but two entries included
in the two counts remaining for trial
in this Indictment. The Government
will endeavor to prove that an agree
ment existed between the defendants
and the entrymen prior to the time the
land was entered, the understanding be
ing that, for a certain consideration,
the entrymen would file on the timber
land and after securing; title turn it
, ver to the defendants.
The Government alleges that In this
matter the timber-grabbers managed to
defraud the Government out of large
and valuable holdings. The defense
will claim that no such agreement was
entered into and that whatever timber
they secured was purchased in a legal
manner.
The sentiment against the defendants
In the north Is strong in many quarters,
but they are all confident that their
trisl here next week will be fair and
impartial.
ALL READY FOR ROAD MEET
iiood-1 loaders Will Travel to Aber
deen Convention by Auto.
ABERDEEN. Wash.. Feb. II. (Special.)
- Preparations for the State Oood Roads
Convention to bo held in this city Feb
ruary 23 are now reaching a stage in their
development which Rives every assurance
that the gathering ' will exceed in magni
tude any similar event ever held either in
this state or the Pacific Northwest.
Letters are flooding the hotels of the.
city from all points of the state. 50 reser
vations alone being telegraphed yester
day. The Tacoma and Seattle list of dele
gates, most of whom will omio by auto
mobile, has been swelled from " to al
most double tl'pt number, according to ad
vices just received. Everet t is ma king a
strong campaiKU. , for the next annual
meeting, and will also arrive with a large
representation in order to have weight
wh'-n the future meeting-place is chosen.
It was decided today that all the auto
mobiles that can be brought into service
will be engaged to go from here to IMym
pia the day before the convention to act
bs escort to Governor M. E. Hay. who will
come to tiiix city by automobile route in
order to show what lias been done so far
in Chehalis County towards the better
ment of highways.
Probably one of the strongest drawing
cards that the convention extends, aside
irotu its great anticipated size, will bo
the influence it will have not only in the
apportionment among the counties of
stat road funds, but also on prospective
legislation. Headed by the Governor,
many state and county officials, together
with state legislators, will put in an ap
pearance, and before the two days' ses
sion lias been ended statutes of great im
portance to state highways will undoubt
edly have been instigate!.
Mi sin a ted Team, "Chink" In Jail.
AIBAXT. Or.. Feb. 12. (Special."
Th alternative of keeping his mismated
team off the streets of Albany or serv
ing 13 daya in jail faces Ah Louie, a lo
.al Chinaman. I jouie for some time haa
hern driving a team formed of one un
usually large horse and a very diminu
tive one. The miniated, team, always in
poor condition from lack of food, he
came an eyesore and 1-ouie was arrested
IDAHO TIB
Pilffl
yesterday for cruelty to animals. He waa
released on promise of refraining from
driving his mismated team.
POVERTY PLEA ONLY" HOAX
Weston Family Seek Aid,
Hoarded Money in House.
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WESTOX, Or.. Feb. 12. (Special.)
The family of W. D. West, recent ar
rivals at Weston from Tennessee, have
been receiving aid from the town and
county on the plea of poverty. The
husband and wife were sick, and visit
ors found no provisions but flour in
the house. Aid was then promptly ex
tended. Later it developed that a boy in the
family had carried to school a purse
containing $160. and that another wal
let well rilled with currency was kept
hidden under a pillow at the house.
The Wests were then compelled by the
town Marshal to pay for the provisions
they had received, and to return the
cash contributions.
A.
tpins Divide Suffragettes.
NEW YORK, Feb. 12. Members of
the Women's Democratic Club have
digressed from suffrage to hatpins.
Two hours of their latest meeting was
devoted to a. discussion as to the prop
er length of "woman's topmost imple
ment of war. Mrs. Margaret Fitzger
ald declared the present law, providing
for a hatpin less than, "nine inches,' is
dangerous. No hatpin, she said, should
extend beyond the crown of the hat.
To emphasize -tier point, Mrs. Fitzger
ald told of the narrow escape of a man
on a streetcar when a woman careened
against him and her hatpin was driven
into his ear. "If that had been his
eye," she said, 'he would have been a
dead man."
Diplomat Extols King Leopold.
NEW YORK, Feb. 12. High praise for
Leopold, late King of the Belgians, comes
from Henry Lane Wilson, ex-Mlnister to
Belgium, who leaves for his new post
as ambassador to Mexico next week.
"Leopold was intellectually the superior
of any reigning monarch in Europe," "said
Mr. Wiison, who has just arrived in New
l ork, after a brief visit in the W est.
"He played his part in a limited field of
action, but if he had been Emperor of
Germany or King of England he would
have been esteemed the first figure of
his time. In financial or commercial life
he would have been a Morgan or a Rocke
feller. "All his Ideas were 'on a grand
scale, and whatever mistakes he made
were due mainly to the difference between
the part he wished to play and the little
theater in which he had to play It."
1689 Miles Traveled by Trolley.
ST. J--OUIS, Feb. 12. From Syracuse,
N. Y., to St. Louis by trolley is the
achievement of A. J. Littlejohn, an
Eastern traction company of ficlal, who
arrived here Friday. Littlejohn took
a roundabout course and traveled 1749
miles. The trip back to Syracuse, which
he began last night, will cover only
1009 miles. Mr. 1 .ttlejohn traveled 68
miles on steam roads. Between Kala
mazoo, Mich., and Niles, Mich., a dis
tance of 48 miles, and between Paris
and Ridgefarm. 111., 20 miles, he aban
doned the interurban electric lines. Of
the total distance of 1749 miles, 16SJ
of them were over electric railways.
MUlmen Buy Light Stock.
TOLEDO. Or., Feb. 12. Lewis Mont
gomery, of the Fir & Spruce Lumber
Company, of this place, has purchased
a one-fifth interest in the Toledo Light,
Power & Manufacturing Company, which
Is operating an electric lighting system in
this cit. the incorporators, J. F. Stewart,
Al Smith and H. L. Collins, retaining the
controlling Interest in the company. It is
the intention of the company to remove
the plant to the Fir & Spruce Company's
sawmill within a few days. .The sawmill
agrees to furnish fuel for the lighting
plant for a erm of five years.
Southern Pacific Sued.
OREGON CITY. Or.. Feb. 12. (Spe
cial.) Thomas Evans today filed a suit
against the Southern Pacific Railroad
Company for $20,000 damages, alleging
that on September 25, 1909, he pur
chasei a ticket from the railroad com
pany to "Wilsonia, a station north of
Oswego, and that on his return trip, as
Evans was walking along the track to
take the train, it backed without the
sound of a whistle or other signal. The
train crushed one of his legs so badly
that amputation was necessary, he says.
Beating WitH Dipper, Alleged.
OREGON CITY. Or.. Feb. 12. '(Spe
cial.) -William Stubbe has filed a suit
for divorce from his wife, Mary Stubbe.
The Stubbes are well known at Esta
cada, where they have made their resi
dence for many years. They were mar
ried in Wisconsin in November, 1874.
Stubbe alleges his wife has treated him
in a cruel and inhuman manner. On
one occasion, he says, she beat him in
the face with a tin dipper, which caused
him much pain.
Adventlst Church Nearly Done.
FORl-HiT GROVE, Or., Feb. 12. (Spe
cial.) The new church building of the
Seventh Day Adventists is nearly com
pleted, and as Soon as the interior is
finished the place wil be dedicated for
worship. Recently a church organiza
tion was perfected by Elder G. W.
pettit. There were 60 Adventists pres
ent and preachers from the neighboring
churches.
MUSICIANS' UNION UNITES
Ralph W. Hoyt.
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Portland tlie beautiful, Portland the saily decorated. Portland dressed up s she never. has been to en
tertain her hundreds of thousands of visitors for the Rose Festival. This is the motto, the shibboleth of the
members of the lot-al Musicians' Union. This organization has come to the front to push the plan of having
Portland arrayed in her finest garments for the next annual floral display, and the movement will come
to its focus in the grand benefit concert to be given at the Bungalow Theater next Sunday afternoon at 2:30
o'clock. The musicians have agreed to donate the services of 65 of its members to render a programme the
like of which no local talent lias yet given the public. All of the locat directors and leaders have come
to the front to assist in the benefit and included in the programme there will be soloists who have been '
attached to some of the greatest musical organizations in the country. There will be artists from Sousa's,
Oilm ore's. Innes". Creatore's bands, and members of some of the leading orchestras in the United States. Plans
are under way to have a large number of the downtown business blocks decorated with novel effects for the
daily programmes and embellished with brilliant illuminating features for the electrical and other parades
at night. All through the coming week the Musicians Union will make as complete a canvass of the city as
lossible In the sale of tickets for the big benefit for next Sunday. President Hoyt. of the Festival, who is a
talented musician himself and who will direct the benefit band of 65 members in several of their numbers,
says that the programme now being rehearsed is one that could not be excelled by any musical organiza
tion that has ever come here from the Kast.
JURY DELVES YET
Mijchell Letters Are Puzzie to
Hermann Probers.
DEFENDANT IS SANGUINE
Judge Wolverton Orders Investi
gators Locked X'p . for Xiglit.
Scaled Verdh:t Is Barred.
.Result Expected Today..
HKKMAVX Jl BY FEBSOXXEL
The Jury which for five weeks "has
listened to the testimony upon which
the Government has asked that Bin
jrer Hermann he declared a member
oC the Bine Mountain conspiracy. Is
composed ot :
Charles W. Riley. Clackamas
County, farmer.
William Myers. Clackamas County,
farmer.
Albertus If. Metcalf. Portland, con
tractor. Fred Simmon. Portland. Salesman.
Ben F. Skalfleld. Portland, con
tractor. J. C. Smock. "Washington County,
merchant and farmer.
C. F. Pearson. Portland, master
painter.
John B. Thompson. Dallas, hotel
keeper. Henry B. Stone. Portland, sawyer
and planer.
Wesley Houck. McMinnville. farmer.
Georae Selkirk. Portland, furni
ture manufacturer.
Smith Stephens. Portland, farmer.
(Continued From First page.)
lleves that he will be a free man be
fore the day la over. He argues that
the fact that the evidence In the case
has not been asked for by the jury is
In his favor and shows a well denned
conviction on the part of some one or
more of its members.
Heney Is Confident.
On the other hand, the assistants to
Attorney Heney stored confidence as
the hours passed and insisted that the
Government was gaining ground by the
delay. Heney would not give an in
terview concerning; his opinions as to
the situation, but indicated that in case
the iury failed to sgron. ho would be
read" to sro on with .- -r trial as
soon as the defense w-.. . i readiness.
"I am not altogether hrartless, and
I realize that this trial has been a
tremendous strain on Mr. Hermann. He
Is an old man now. and I do not want
to force him to a second trial immedi
ately. It would be too much for him,-'
said the prosecutor.
Attorney AVorthlngton, chief counsel
for the defense, said It would be im
possible for him to remain here for
a rehearing of the case.
"My affairs in Washington demand
attention, and I must go .back. It will
probably be several montns before the
case could come up again." he said.
Since the indictment was - returned
five years ago Hermann has not been
placed under arrest or required to fur
nish the $4000 bond fixed by the court.
"When indicted, Hermann was a mem
ber of Congress and was at Washing
ton engaged in the duties pertaining
to that position, which Is considered as
having made him immune. Upon his
return to Oregon in 1905 he appeared
in court voluntarily to plead to the
charges made against him.
liCtters Puzzle Jury.
Unsigned copies of letters written by
Senator Mitchell to F. P. Mays In the
Spring of 1902. in which the Senator., re
ferred to protests received against the
Ftlue Mountain reserve and assured Mays
that he would do everything possible to
push the reserve through the land office,
were the cause of a request by the jury
for instructions at 7:45 o'clock last night.
When the parties to the trial were as
sembled, the jury was brought In and
Foreman Myers asked whether -the com
munications were from Mitchell to Mays
or from Hermann to Mays. They were
told Senator Mitchell wrote the letters
and were escorted back to their room for
further inquiry."" ,
The Incident was considered by friends,
of the defendant to be favorable to Her
mann. They reasoned that some mem
bers of the jury were standing out for
conviction and that others argued the
evidence was more against Mitchell than
Hermann, t I
Defense Gains Last Point.
Judge Wolverton occupied two hours
in reading his instructions the court
having convened at 9 o'clock at the re
quest of the jury. The charge con
tained 21.000 words.
As Judge "Wolverton concluded,. At
torney Worthington asked to file an ex
ception to that portion of the instruc-
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tions wherein the court advised that
"every witness is presumed to speak
the truth." - . . -
"I know of no law which authorized
the court to include that Instruction,"
said Attorney Worthington.
"Oh. yes, there is," broke in Attorney
Ileney. .
"The court copied the exact lan
guage of the Oregon statute." replied
Judge Wolverton.
"Then I submit that answer as mak
ing It more imperative to save an ex
ception," Attorney Worthington replied.
"The laws of Oregon have nothing to
do with a trial in the Federal Court
- The exception . was allowed.
Jury Room Famous.
In five minutes after Judge Wolver
ton had. concluded his instructions.
Bailiffs Hamilton. Jack Kerrigan and
Joe Hoeg conducted the jurors to the
room on the top floor of the Federal
building which has been heretofore
occupied by the office force of Attorney
Heney. In that same room juries have
decided the fates of many prominent
Oregonians. John FT. Mitchell, I. N.
Williamson. Pierce Mays, Henry Mel
drum, S. A. . D. Puter. McKinley and
Tarpley waited anxiously for the end'
of deliberations there..
Mr. and Mrs. Hermann awaited th
verdict at Hotel Imperial and follow-
ingr the noon recess attorneys for the
prosecution and defense also sought
their hotels.
Kosebnrg Kesidcnts Attend.
A delegation of prominent residents
of Roseburg reached the city on a
morning train' and remained in the vi
cinity of the courtroom during the
afternoon. Among them were Frank
Alley, E. I.. Parrett. Joe Micelli, K. I
Miller. Linn Caton, H. Marks, Joe Piels
ticker and A. C. Marsters.
With the close of the Hermann trial
the chief counsel for the defense.
Attorney A. . Worthington, of Wash
ington, D. C. will retire from the prac
tice of criminal law. '
"It will positively be my last ap
pearance in a criminal court," said
Attorney Worthington. "There are of
course a few small cases to clean up,
wihch wHl have my attention. When
this case ends I "am ' practically out of
that branch of law. Such cases Im
pose much worry on an attorney."
Asked if he proposed to abandon all
branches of law, Mr. Worthington de
clined to-be quoted. "I might change
my mind." he said. - -
Intent Must Be Shown.
The essential points of Judge Wolvor
ton's charge to the jury were that the
ennqnirnftv must have been formed within '
three years of February 33, 390o, when
the indictment was returned, but if they.
found that a conspiracy had been formed
before that' they could still hold the de-
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fendants responsible If an overt act had
been done within those three years. Tho
Judge said a person might enter without
evil purpose or illegal Intent a conspiracy,
but after he was in it having knowledge
of its illegal purpose joined therein then
he becomes a party. That Hermann did
not benefit from the conspiracy is not
essential.
The court said the Commissioners' duty
was to conserve the public lands and to
protect the Government from depletion of
iia public lands. Regarding Intent, the
court said that circumstantial evidence
could be used to prove it only when sucli
evidence could have no other reasonable
hypothesis than that of guilt placed on it.
GEN. RANDALL'S WIFE DIES
Woman Xnrscs Invalid Husband;
Called First by Death.
News was received yesterday of the
death, at Cheyenne. Wyo., of Mrs.
Georg-e M. Randall, the wife of Major-
(lAnfirfll 1"? -i n ( o H "... n,l.ir u A u 1 1
I couver Barracks during 1902 and 1903.
Mrs. Randall had' been In poor health
l for some time and died Saturday. .
She was the daughter of the late
j General Henry M. Black, who served at
several', of the pioneer forts along the
Lpper Columbia River.
Although born in the East. Mrs.
Randall was well known in Portland,
having spent, several years here and
at Western schools. In the early '80s
she visited the Central States with
her father and was married in Detroit
in 1885. After having been at Van
couver Barracks with her husband, she
accompanied him on a trip to the Phil
ippines, later returning to the Coast.
During the last years of her life she
devoted herself to nursing Major Ran
dall, whose health was broken by his
long Army service, and who survives
her.
EDITORS SAIL FOR COLON
Xatlonai Association Sends Kxcur
sions to See Isthmus.
NEW . ORLEANS, Feb. 12. Election
of officers, choosing the next meeting
place, reports of Important committees
and several addresses were features
of the last day's session of tho Na
tional Editorial Association.
About ."0 members were included in
the list of passengers on the steamship
lurriaioa, sailing today for Colon.
More than twice this number will sail
for the same port on another steamer.
The parties will remain several days
in Panama.
James P. Baumgartner. editor of the
Santa Ana, Cal., Register, was elected
president.
NEWS ARRIVES TOO LATE
Man Is Suicide When Notification of
Wife's Ieatli Arrives.
SEATTLE. Wash., Feb. 12. Chief of
Police Horriston, of Minneapolis, tele
graphed today to the Seattle police,
asking them to notify Charles Ounstead
that his wife was dead in Minneapolis.
Gunstead committed suicide here a
week ago by swallowing carbolic acid
at midnight on a waterfront street. Tho
finding of his body, which had been
dragged into a dark spot and robbed by
thieves, gave rise to a sensational story
of murder.
Gunstead had been despondent be
cause unable to find steady employment,
and the sickness of his wife is now
given as an additional reason for sui
cide. ATTIC TENANT DIES RICH
Man Apparently Abjectly Poor Has
Real Estate, AVortli 950,000.
PUEBLO. Col.. Feb. 12. In a dismal
attic room of an unoccupied bui lding,
which he owned. E. S. 'Owens, aged 65
years, was found dead in a chair this
morning by a policeman.
Search of the room revealed papers
indicating that the man. who had lived
in apparently abject circumstances, waa
the owner - of real estate in Pueblo
worth $30,000. He waa taken ill
Wednesday, but refused-to call a doc
tor. Southwest Miners Confer.
ST. LOUIS. Feb. 12. President Iewis.
of the .Mineworkers of America, began a
conference here this afternoon with the
miners and operators of the Southwest.
The two organizations, according to Mr.
Lewis, are at out over wago ecalee and
breach of faith in contracts. .
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OPPONENTS ARE-SHY
Recall Election in Ashland
Finds No Candidates.
SPITE WORK, SAYS MAYOR
No Matter What Result Is, Declares
Official, Reputations Are Tar
u ished by Invoking of
Amendment.
ASHLAND, Or.. Feb. 12. (Special.)
Interest in the forthcoming recall
election for Mayor to be held Febru
ary 21 has not reached a white heat
and there is no evidence yet of life
in the campaign, as no opponent has
offered himself or has been persuaded
to enter the race against Mayor R.
K. Snell. Ashland is believed to be
the largest city in Oregon in which
the new' recall amendment to the con
stitution has been invoked, and the
novelty seems to be attracting com
ment. Mayor Snell takes the position that
the election la not a good advertise
ment for the city, and that, regardless
of the outcome, it is bound to leave a
blemish on the character of the official
attacked. He says in an authorized
publication:
"My contention from the beginning
of this dastardly spite work has been
that no matter what might be the re
sult of a recall election. It would leave a
blemish on the character of an honest
and faithful public servant, simply to
gratify the spite of a few men who
have personal spleen to vent and who
have not been able to use me for their
personal ends and gatn, to the injury
of the general public, since I have been
Mayor. Such unjust strife and conten
tion can result in no good to the public
and a recall election on such flimsy
charges would be a shame and disgrace
to the City of Ashland, and leave a
stigma upon the fair name of our beau
tiful city, from the effect of which it
would not recover for many years."
The petitioners for the recall as
sert that the taxpayers of the city
have lost confidence in Mayor Snell'a
financial management of the public
funds, and that his retention in office
will retard the rapid growth anfl de
velopment of the city.
CLAIMS NOW PAID QUICKLY
Xew York Central Official- Tells
Congress Railroads Reformed.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12. Representa
tives of the claims department of the
big railroads were before the House
committee on interstate and foreign
commerce today. One of them testified
that last year he settled claims amount
ing to more than a million dollars
against his road.
"lsnt it a fact." asked. Representa
tive Townsend, Republican, of Michi
gan, "that some roads never pay a
claim until they have to?'
"Yes, it is," admitted P. L. Calkins,
claim agent of the New York Central
Railroad, "but that sort Is. getting less
all the time. The railroads are begin
ning to realize that the sooner the
claim is paid the better It Is for both
the road and the claimant."
Mr. Calkins said occasionally the
roads were asked to pay damages on
freight never received or improperly
billed or invoiced.
"I remember one claim for 'valuable
oil paintings that had been shipped
over our road as 'rabbit skins, " he
said.
Albany Beats Salem In Game.
ALBANY, Or.. Feb. 12. (Special.)
The fast basketball team of the Albany
High School overwhelmed the team of the
Capitol Business College, of Salem, in a
game in the Alco Club gymnasium in
this city last night and piled up a scor
of 65 to 10.
O. A- C. Cadets Plan Dance.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL
LEGE. Feb. 1 2. ( Special. ) Tbe of
ficers of the O. A. C. cadet corps are
making final preparations for the an
nual Washington's birthday hop. These
9
officers hops are among the most
prominent social events of the college
year, and as they are conducted as f;ir
as possible according to military cus
tom many out-of-town people are al
ways attracted. This year the hop
will be held on the evening of Feb
ruary 22 in the college armor v.
FRUITGROWERS TO MEET
JHtuglsis County Slon to Hear Kwrt
SpcakOTS lTebniiirj 26.
ROSEBURG. Or.. Feb. 12. (Special. 1
Douglas County fruitgrowers TviU
meet here February 26. rnd will b
addressed by four of Oregon's lradinjr
experts. A. IT. Carson. Commissioner;
Professor O'Gara, Government expert;
AV. K. Newell, president of State Board
of Horticulture, and Charles A. Park,
District Commissioner.
Xfw Inauguration Date Opimscd.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12. An unfavor
able report has been forwarded to Con
gress, by the Commissioner of the Dis
trict of Columbia, on the bill recently in
troduced by Representative Guernsey, ot
Maine, providing that public ceremonies
in connection witli the inauguration of
the1 President and Vice-President be held
on the last Thursday of March of eacli
inaugural year. The measure was pre
sented with the Idea of avoiding a con
stitutional amendment by permitting the
President and Vice-President to take the
oath of office in the House of Represen
tatives on March 4. and fixing the later
date for public ceremonies.
Missouri Governor Buys l-'arm.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Fcl. 12; Gov
ernor Hadley, a firm believer in life on
the farm as the ideal existence as well
as a solution of the high cost of living
problems', demonstrated his sincerity ye
terday when he bought a 120-acro farm
near this city and announced that he will
move his family there as soon a? warm
weather comes. lie will raise stock and
poultry and devote his spare time to
scientific farming as taught by the Agri
cultural College at Columbia.
Tapan Adopts Reduced Budget.
TOKIO. Feb. 12. The budget was
passed after si ight additions by the
House of Representatives. The passage
of. the budget was assured through the
recent compromise whereby the land
tax was reduced S per cent, involving
$4, 000,000, and trie appropriations were
proportionately decreased.
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